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Guatemala top court overturns genocide conviction

3 days ago

Monday's ruling comes 10 days after a three-judge panel convicted the 86-year-old Rios Montt of genocide and crimes against humanity for his role in massacres of Mayas during Guatemala's civil war.

Ex-dictator's backers rally at Guatemala prison

11 days ago

Several dozen people protested on Sunday outside a Guatemala prison against the genocide conviction for former dictator Efrain Rios Montt.

Prison for ex-dictator soothes Guatemala

12 days ago

It was a steep fall for the now-86-year-old former strongman who ruled Guatemala from March 1982 to August 1983, during the height of a brutal civil war that killed 200,000 people, mainly Indians.

Guatemala court gives 80-year term to ex-dictator Rios Montt

13 days ago

"The minority, one of the smaller of the 20 or so Mayan groups living in Guatemala, dwell in a mountainous region known as the Ixil Triangle several hours from Guatemala City, the capital.

Developments in Guatemala trial of Rios Montt

13 days ago

Developments in Guatemala trial of Rios Montt

Ex-dictator convicted of genocide in Guatemala

13 days ago

Prosecutors said Rios Montt must have had knowledge of the massacres of Mayan Indians when he ruled Guatemala from March 1982 to August 1983 at the height of the country's 36-year civil war.

Honduras and Guatemala join Petrocaribe program

18 days ago

Venezuela's president says Honduras and Guatemala have been included in the Petrocaribe program, under which his country provides oil and natural gas on preferential terms.

8 bodies found in Guatemala clandestine grave

21 days ago

Guatemala's Forensic Anthropology Foundation director Jose Suasnavar says the excavation in the village of Laguna Burra was conducted at the request of an organization called Oxlajuj Ajpop.

Ex-Guatemala strongman on trial after 30 years

66 days ago

Ex-Guatemala strongman on trial after 30 years

Guatemala judge denies ex-dictator's amnesty claim

71 days ago

A court has denied an amnesty for a former U.S.-backed dictator who presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala's civil war, allowing his trial to continue.

Guatemala capt. convicted in bishop death arrested

96 days ago

The activist clergyman had released a report accusing Guatemala's military of being responsible for the vast majority of deaths during the country's brutal 36-year civil war.

Guatemala declares national coffee emergency

104 days ago

Guatemala's president has declared a national emergency over the spread of coffee rust, a fungus that is affecting 70 percent of the country's crop.

Evidence hearings begin in Guatemala genocide case

112 days ago

Evidence hearings begin in Guatemala genocide case

Guatemala ex-dictator to stand trial on genocide

115 days ago

Among the conditions set by the U.S. Congress for restoring the aid is reforming Guatemala's justice system and putting an end to impunity.

Guatemala builds private city to escape crime

135 days ago

However, as in other private properties in Guatemala, the country's laws only allow the police to enter the premises with a warrant.

Prosecutor killed in Guatemala along with 6 others

150 days ago

Officials say a prosecutor and six others have been found slain in northeastern Guatemala near the Mexican border in a crime apparently committed by drug traffickers.

Mormon missionaries freed in Guatemala

153 days ago

Guatemala has one the world's highest rates of kidnapping.

McAfee in Miami after deportation from Guatemala

161 days ago

Shortly after McAfee arrived Wednesday evening on a flight from Guatemala, he announced on his website that he had alighted in the city's swank South Beach neighborhood.

John McAfee heads to Florida after Guatemala deports him

162 days ago

McAfee reported during his three-week flight before turning up in Guatemala on Dec. 5 that he had slept in lice-infested huts to escape arrest by police.

Lawyer: Guatemala judge orders McAfee released

163 days ago

McAfee was detained last week after he sneaked into Guatemala from neighboring Belize.

Lawyer: McAfee better, hopes to stay in Guatemala

167 days ago

Lawyer: McAfee better, hopes to stay in Guatemala

McAfee hospitalized after being denied asylum in Guatemala

168 days ago

McAfee's legal team said it is preparing to appeal the denial of asylum to the country's constitutional court, a process that could give McAfee perhaps another day or two in Guatemala.

Software magnate John McAfee surfaces in Guatemala

170 days ago

McAfee spoke to The Associated Press in a restaurant near a high-end hotel where he is staying in Guatemala City after sneaking out of neighboring Belize.

McAfee says he plans to seek asylum in Guatemala

170 days ago

McAfee is now at a hotel in Guatemala City after sneaking out of neighboring Belize, where police have called him a person of interest in the November slaying of a fellow American ex-pat.

Correction: Guatemala Hospital Abuse Story

170 days ago

A corrected version of the story is below:Human rights groups say they found women and children subjected to abuse at a public psychiatric hospital in Guatemala's capital.

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